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Seal in the form of four frogs

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Faience
Dimensions Length: 0.9 cm (3/8 in.)
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.2515
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsSeals

DescriptionFaience; dull brownish-green; slight glaze; four frogs facing each other modeled on back; lower face flat with incised uraeus and border; hole lengthwise.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.